1 When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Yeshua sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them."

4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

5 "Tell the daughter of Zion,

behold, your King comes to you,

humble, and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

6 The disciples went and did just as Yeshua commanded them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them. 8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, "Hoshia'na to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hoshia'na in the highest!"

10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

11 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Yeshua, from Nazareth of Galilee."

12 Yeshua entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. 13 He said to them, "It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!"

14 The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hoshia'na to the son of David!" they were indignant, 16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?"

Yeshua said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise?’"

17 He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.

18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!"

Immediately the fig tree withered away.

20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"

21 Yeshua answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done. 22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

24 Yeshua answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The immersion of Yochanan, where was it from? From heaven or from men?"

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold Yochanan as a prophet." 27 They answered Yeshua, and said, "We don’t know."

He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went. 30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?"

They said to him, "The first."

Yeshua said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you. 32 For Yochanan came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

33 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country. 34 When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit. 35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way. 37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him. 40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"

41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season."

42 Yeshua said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures,

‘The stone which the builders rejected

was made the head of the corner.

This was from the Lord.

It is marvelous in our eyes’?

43 "Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit. 44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them. 46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

1 Quando Jesus e os discípulos se aproximavam de Jerusalém, já perto da vila de Betfagé, no Monte das Oliveiras, Jesus mandou que dois deles fossem à sua frente, à vila

2 Logo à entrada verão uma jumenta ali amarrada com a cria ao lado. Desamarrem-nas e tragam-nas cá. Se alguém vos perguntar o que fazem, respondam apenas: 'O Mestre precisa delas , e não haverá dificuldade.

6 Os dois discípulos fizeram como Jesus lhes disse e trouxeram-lhe os animais, pondo as suas roupas em cima do jumentinho. Jesus montou-o.

8 Muita gente começou a pôr as suas capas ao longo da estrada à sua frente, enquanto outras cortavam ramos das árvores e os espalhavam diante dele.

10 Toda a cidade de Jerusalém ficou em alvoroço quando ele entrou. Quem é este?, perguntava-se.

11 E o povo respondia: É Jesus, o profeta de Nazaré da Galileia!

12 Jesus entrou no templo, expulsou os mercadores e afastou as mesas dos que trocavam dinheiro e as bancas dos que vendiam pombos:

13 Dizem as Escrituras que o meu templo é um lugar de oração, mas vocês o transformaram num abrigo de exploradores e burlões.

14 Entretanto, os cegos e os aleijados vinham ter com ele, e curava-os ali no templo. Mas quando os principais sacerdotes e mestres da lei viram aqueles milagres espantosos e ouviram as próprias crianças gritando no templo: Deus abençoe o Filho de David!, ficaram inquietos e indignados, e perguntaram-lhe: Ouves o que dizem estas crianças?

16 Ouço, sim. Vocês nunca leram as Escrituras que dizem: 'Até as criancinhas o louvarão? a

17 Depois disto, voltou para Betânia, onde passou a noite.

18 De manhã, quando ia de novo para Jerusalém, sentiu fome. Vendo uma figueira à beira da estrada, aproximou-se para verificar se teria figos, mas só havia folhas. E disse à figueira: Que nunca mais dês frutos! E logo mirrou.

20 Os discípulos ficaram pasmados: Como foi que a figueira secou tão depressa?

21 Certamente que, se tiverem fé e não duvidarem, poderão fazer coisas como esta, e muito mais. Poderão até dizer a este Monte das Oliveiras, 'Atira-te ao mar e ele o fará. Se tiverem fé, poderão obter tudo o que pedirem em oração, respondeu Jesus.

23 Estando já a ensinar no templo, os principais sacerdotes e outros dirigentes judaicos foram ter com ele para saber com que autoridade fazia estas coisas.

24 Dir-vos-ei, se primeiro me responderem a uma pergunta:g

25 João Baptista foi mandado por Deus ou não? Eles puseram-se a falar entre si, pensando: Se dissermos que foi mandado por Deus, ele pergunta logo porque não demos crédito às palavras de João.

26 Se negarmos que foi Deus quem o enviou, o povo aqui presente é bem capaz de se atirar a nós, porque o tem na conta de enviado de Deus.

27 Por fim, responderam: Não sabemos Jesus respondeu: Também não responderei à vossa pergunta.

28 Que acham acerca disto? Um homem que tinha dois filhos disse ao mais velho: 'Filho, vai trabalhar hoje na herdade . 'Não vou , respondeu. Mas, pensando melhor, sempre acabou por ir.¸

30 Depois, disse ao mais novo, 'Vai tu também! , e ele respondeu, 'Sim senhor, vou já , acabando por não ir.

31 Qual dos dois obedeceu ao pai? Responderam: O primeiro, sem dúvida epois explicou o que queria dizer com essa ilustração. Garanto-vos que os homens maus e as mulheres de má vida entrarão antes de vocês no reino de Deus.

32 Porque João Baptista disse-vos para se arrependerem e se voltarem para Deus, e vocês não quiseram, ao contrário de muitos homens maus e mulheres dessas que se arrependeram. Apesar de terem visto isso, não quiseram arrepender-se, e assim nunca chegaram a crer.

33 Agora ouçam: Certo proprietário plantou uma vinha com uma sebe em volta; construiu um lagar e uma casa para o guarda, e arrendou a vinha a uns lavradores a troco de uma participação na vindima, e depois foi viver para outro país.

34 Quando chegaram as vindimas, mandou os seus empregados ir ter com os lavradores para receber a parte que lhe competia. Mas os lavradores assaltaram aqueles, espancaram um, mataram outro e apedrejaram um terceiro. Então o dono mandou um grupo ainda maior para cobrar a sua parte, e o resultado foi o mesmo.

37 Por fim, mandou o filho, pensando que certamente o respeitariam. Os lavradores, porém, ao verem o filho aproximar-se, disseram entre si: 'Aí vem o herdeiro da propriedade; vamos matá-lo e ficaremos com ela! Arrastaram-no para fora da vinha e mataram-no.

40 Quando o dono voltar, que acham vocês que fará àqueles lavradores?

41 Os dirigentes judaicos responderam: Dará morte severa àqueles homens perversos e arrendará a vinha a outros que sejam pontuais no pagamento.

43 Por isso garanto que o reino de Deus vos será tirado e entregue a um povo que dê a Deus a sua parte na colheita

44 Todo aquele que tropeçar nesta pedra da verdade será feito em pedaços; e aqueles sobre os quais ela cair serão esmagados como o pó.

45 Quando os principais sacerdotes e os fariseus perceberam que eram eles os lavradores da história que Jesus tinha contado, resolveram ver-se livres dele, mas tinham medo de o fazer por causa do povo, que aceitava Jesus como homem de Deus.